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UBC Reports | Vol. 47 | No. 17 | Nov. 1 , 2001Web tools aimed at easing tasksUBC faculty and staff will be able to access a wide range of Web-based
administrative tools via an e-business portal by April next year.
Staff lend a helping hand to Lower Mainland campaignSpeaking from "the pit" -- the open area workspace at United
Way's Burnaby headquarters -- UBC loaned representatives Pierre
Tanguay and Nancy Tiffin describe the action as go, go, go in the
push to reach the campaign goal for the Lower Mainland of $29.8
million. Music 101 tunes up for Eastside audienceBreaking down the high-brow image of classical music and
bridging the gap between audiences and performers are the key goals
of a new music appreciation class offered by UBC's Learning Exchange
to members of the Downtown Eastside community. Community welcome to attend Nov. 11 serviceFor the 50th time since it opened in 1951, War Memorial Gymnasium
will be the setting for UBC's annual Remembrance Day Services on
Nov. 11. Pedestrian-friendly area proposal's goalThe area currently occupied by the bus loop and the Aquatic
Centre's outdoor pool is the heart of the university according to
a draft plan which calls for the area to be re-developed into a
pedestrian-oriented area. Researcher probes link between flu, depressionCan a bout of flu trigger an episode of depression? UBC Psychiatry
Asst. Prof. Cai Song thinks so. She has spent the last 12 years
looking at the interactions between the brain and the immune system.
Downtown course aims to tighten Internet security netAn innovative program offered by Continuing Studies aims
to arm wired companies with solutions to a growing problem -- Internet
hackers. StatsCan data bank opens for social science researchUBC researchers can directly access rich stores of data on Canadian
life at a highly secure local branch of Statistics Canada now open
on campus. Nursing partnership in Punjab focuses on health, educationA vision of better education for young women and improved health-care
in rural Punjab has led to a partnership between UBC's School of
Nursing, community nurses and a local Indo-Canadian charity. Hands-on teamwork spurs creative student film teamsYou'll never hear Creative Writing Assoc. Prof. Peggy Thompson
and Film Asst. Prof. Sharon McGowan spouting the old adage "do as
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